For me it’s Objection1, but just as importantly it’s that religions (in particular Abrahamic ones) tend to entrench and enforce morally abhorrent precepts. (E.g. from Christianity we have things like: sinners should suffer infinite torture, subjugation of women, original sin, blasphemy, “all desires are inherently bad/sinful”, “being a good person has nothing to do with what you do” etc...). I have a prior that people who are attracted to religion tend to be either willfully blind to or supportive of such evils, which perhaps looks like Objection 2 from the outside. That said, I do think many of the things you bring up are in fact good things about religion. I’m pessimistic but not opposed to attempts to distill these good aspects into something fully good.
I have a prior that people who are attracted to religion tend to be either willfully blind to or supportive of such evils, which perhaps looks like Objection 2 from the outside.
Thank you. I need to think more about what causes this. (Hypotheses appreciated, if anyone has some to share.)
For me it’s Objection1, but just as importantly it’s that religions (in particular Abrahamic ones) tend to entrench and enforce morally abhorrent precepts. (E.g. from Christianity we have things like: sinners should suffer infinite torture, subjugation of women, original sin, blasphemy, “all desires are inherently bad/sinful”, “being a good person has nothing to do with what you do” etc...). I have a prior that people who are attracted to religion tend to be either willfully blind to or supportive of such evils, which perhaps looks like Objection 2 from the outside. That said, I do think many of the things you bring up are in fact good things about religion. I’m pessimistic but not opposed to attempts to distill these good aspects into something fully good.
Thank you. I need to think more about what causes this. (Hypotheses appreciated, if anyone has some to share.)